"What's the matter, little girl, she pouted her little mouth to the sky early in the morning. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Rog asked, walking over to Catherine, smiling at her sullen look.

"Nothing. Catherine bit her lip in annoyance, turned around and poured a glass of milk and handed it to him, Rogge took the cup of milk and asked, "Don't hide it from me, when the little bad bird is angry, he says that he is fine, so I don't believe it." Tell me, who upset you?"

Catherine let out a long sigh, glanced in the direction of the kitchen door, and whispered, "Who else, it's the Captain Antonio who brought back that Stuba." ”

"What's wrong with that kid?" asked Rog curiously, taking a sip of milk.

"Just now, while I was making breakfast with Yulia here, Stu came in from outside, and when we both greeted him, he ignored us, and went around the kitchen himself, and poured all the things we had made into a plate, and was about to go out with them. ”

"I saw that something was wrong, so I went up and stopped him, and told him that it was the family's breakfast, and he couldn't just take it without hesitation," Catherine frowned angrily and said to Rogge, "Guess how he answered, he actually asked me if I was the master here, and asked me what qualifications I had to control him!"

Rogge drank the milk silently, nodded slightly and motioned Catherine to continue, and the girl said angrily: "I was very angry at the time, I said that you only came here last night, and I am qualified to control you in terms of relationship with the master." ”

"Unexpectedly, that kid not only didn't listen, but also laughed at the fact that the master's family is so rich, and it's not that he can't afford to take care of this little food, and he doesn't need me to take a mouse here!" Catherine gritted her teeth and clenched her fists and said, "I really wanted to press him to the ground and beat him, it's so shameless!"

"What about the boy?" said Rogge, who drank the last bit of milk from his cup and glanced in the direction of the kitchen door.

"I don't know, after he took the food to the living room, he called Yulia over and over again to get him something, and the tone was as if he was the master of the place, and after eating he threw down the plate and went out, and the ghost knew where he went. Catherine replied angrily.

"If you are angry, you can't be angry with someone who has no manners. Rog stepped forward and touched Catherine's head, kissed her sideburns and said, "Don't tell the little villain about it later, if she knew that someone had eaten her breakfast, she would have died today." ”

Catherine couldn't help but be amused when she heard this, she nodded lightly and said, "I know, I didn't tell Monica either, I don't want them to be angry too, I'm fine, don't worry." ”

Rogge smiled approvingly and patted her on the shoulder, turned and walked out of the kitchen, he came to the living room just in time to meet the maid Yulia was cleaning the living room, Rogge stepped forward to comfort the maid a few words, Yulia seemed to be surprised, smiled and shook her head to indicate that it was okay.

"By the way, just now Mr. Antonio seemed to ask about the whereabouts of the young man, and I said I didn't know, so he went out to look for him. Hearing Rogge ask where Stu was, Yulia pointed out the house and replied.

At this moment there was a call from Madame Klose from the second floor, and Rogge said goodbye to the maid and left the house into the street, sniffing the air for the scent left by Antonio, and turned and walked in the direction in which the smell had drifted.

Passing through several early morning streets, Rogge saw Antonio's figure in the distance at the mouth of an alley, the knight captain was sneakily looking into the alley, Rogge saw this and stepped forward lightly to stop behind him, poking his head out from behind his shoulder to look into the alley.

Antonio, who felt someone behind him, turned his head sharply and raised his fist, Rogge hurriedly waved his hand to block, Antonio recognized him and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, put down his hand and said, "Why are you here?"

"I heard you came out looking for that stinky boy who bullied Catherine, so I came over and had a look. Rogge glanced into the alley, and saw that at the fork in the T-alley, Stu was standing next to several men who were described as obscene, and several of them were talking to each other.

"What are they doing?" Rogge asked Antonio, frowning.

"I don't know, when I came out to look for him just now, I happened to see him passing through the intersection, so I followed him, and I happened to see him meet these people. Antonio frowned and looked at the people around Stu and said.

"Looking at the way they look, it seems quite familiar. Rog squinted at the few people in the alley, and saw that Stu and the people around him were not affectionate, while the rest seemed to be very respectful to Stu, and they kept nodding their heads as Stu spoke.

"I have to say, I don't have a good impression of these people. Rog turned his back to the alley and Antonio, looked around the street behind him, and said, "They look like a pack of foxes that have found their prey, and I'm a little worried about whether they are playing against the Klose family." ”

"Wouldn't it?" asked Antonio, looking back in surprise.

"That stinky boy mentioned to Catherine this morning that Klose is so rich that he can't be afraid that he won't be crooked, and I think it's best to remind Klose that it's really not okay to say hello to Sheriff Paul, and ask him to send someone to keep an eye on the situation near Klose's house. Rogge lit his pipe and said to Antonio uneasy.

"In that case, should we still have Tully bring the merfolk here?" Antonio said with a worried look, "Maybe I should have rejected him in the first place, and I shouldn't have brought him back to Klose's house." ”

"There's no way to inform Tali about that now," Rogge shrugged and said to him, "We can only wait until we meet Tully at the appointed time tonight, and as for the situation of Klose's family, we might as well ask him and see what he has to say about those people." ”

Antonio nodded helplessly when he heard this, and felt a little more uneasy, at this time several people in the alley left, and Stu walked out of the alley alone, and suddenly saw Rogge and Antonio standing here at the mouth of the alley, he couldn't help but be startled, and subconsciously wanted to turn around and retreat into the alley, but forcibly stopped himself.

"Why are you here?" asked Stu, who had settled down, grinning as he stepped forward.

"We heard that you ran out after a fight with Catherine, and we were worried about you, so we came and checked. Rogge said as he smoked his pipe in a strange way.

Stu glanced at Rogge's scrutinizing face, felt that his eyes were as sharp as knives, couldn't help but avoid his gaze, turned back and said to Antonio with a smile: "It's nothing, I just came out for a walk after breakfast in the morning, it's fine." ”

"Who are those guys?" asked Antonio, glancing down the alley with concern.

"Oh, those people......" Stu replied with a hesitant smile, "they are the ones who sold me glowing shells, I met them on the street just now, and I told them that I had really found a mermaid, but they didn't believe it, and I had to take them with me to see it with my own eyes." ”

"You're going to take them with you tonight?" Antonio asked, frowning.

"I just want them to see it too. Stu replied cautiously.

"Did you tell them where to meet?" Rogge asked, narrowing his eyes at Stu.

Stu nodded silently, and Rog turned to pull Antonio aside and said, "This is not good news, the Deiz are mostly hostile to the mermaids, and if those people spread the word, they may be in trouble tonight." ”

"But we can't tell Tully right now. Antonio frowned in annoyance.

Rogge silently lowered his head and took a few puffs of his cigarette, then looked up and said to Antonio, "The only way is to get to the agreed place as soon as possible, and as soon as Tali and the others appear, tell them to cancel the plan." ”

Antonio pondered for a moment, thinking that this was the only way, so he turned back and scolded Stu a few words, warning him not to mention the mermaid matter to anyone, and Stu agreed and followed Antonio back to Klose's house, while Rogge went to the law enforcement house alone to find the sheriff Paul.

In the evening, after Yulia and Catherine had cooked the family dinner, Yulia was about to leave and go home, and Catherine packed her some food to take home as Madame Klose had instructed, and then sent her outside the door to wave goodbye to her.

Catherine, who had returned to the house, turned upstairs to look for Rogge and Klose, who were chatting on the second floor, and heard Mr. Klose telling Rogge about what Yulia had told him about Stu, and Yulia told him that during the day she had seen Stu sneaking around near Mr. Klose's study, and when she saw her, she immediately went downstairs as if nothing had happened.

Rogge then told Mr. Klose that he had told the sheriff Paul, and that Paul had promised to send soldiers to patrol around Klose's house, and that he should not worry, but Catherine stood at the door and listened for a while, and was about to go into the house to tell them that dinner was ready, when she suddenly heard an exclamation from downstairs.

She turned and hurried downstairs, and when she saw Madame Klose falling to the ground in terror, and the kitchen door billowing with smoke, Catherine hurriedly lifted Madame up from the ground and led her away from the smoke.

Rogge, Antonio, and Klose, who rushed down from the upper floors after hearing the news, hurriedly found water to put out the fire in the kitchen, and the neighbors nearby also came to help, and finally put out the fire.

After inspecting the charred kitchen, Paul speculated that it was the sparks from the stove that ignited the nearby firewood, but Catherine questioned, "Impossible, Yulia and I finished dinner, we put out the fire in the stove before we left." ”

"Could it be that the fire hasn't been completely extinguished, and you haven't noticed, and when you're gone, the fire has rekindled?" Paul asked, rubbing his chin with his hand, as he pondered.

"No, I checked the stove to make sure the fire was out, and Yulia was there at the time, and the two of us checked it together!" said Catherine with certainty.

At this time, Rogge, who had not spoken, got up from the stove, and said to Paul with a piece of charred wood in his hand, "Sheriff, the window of the kitchen is not open, and in the absence of wind, even if the wood is splashed with a little spark, it will not burn so easily, and it will not be so big that a fire will burn the whole kitchen." ”

He handed the wood to Paul and said, "Smell it, and there's something it smells like." ”

Paul lowered his head and put his nose close to the wood and asked carefully for a long time, then suddenly raised his head and said in surprise: "It seems to smell of kerosene lamps!"

"Yes, it smells of kerosene, someone sprinkled kerosene on the firewood and lit a fire. Rogge looked down at the charred pyre and said, "It's not an accident, it's arson." ”

He strode out of the kitchen, looked around the room, then turned and walked out of the house, his eyes swept over the people watching in the street, and he turned back to Antonio, who had followed, "Where is Stu?"

(Little Furball: Reddish Ander folks, brothers and sisters who love Qiuqiu, Qiuqiu has good news, Uncle Director has decided to start double shifts every day next month, Qiuqiu will work harder to perform!Rogge: That's why you take leave to go out to play tomorrow? Little Maoqiu: No, Qiuqiu is going to help Uncle Director move tomorrow! Of course, Uncle Director will also invite me to eat delicious food~~Well, anyway, we'll see you in September!Mo Da (づ ̄3 ̄)づ)